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Date: 5/15/03
Time: 8:30-11am
GPS Coordinates: 39° 17.747', W 94° 55.784'
Elevation: 883 ft
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: showers, overcast, clear/sunny
Weather Today: clear/sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Cropland; Active
grazing land &/or feedlots; Construction
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Snakes, birds
Animals in the Creek: Water Boatmen or Back Swimmers, tadpoles
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(4), Big rocks/rip rap (7), Bare soil or sand (3), Grasses (6),
Woody shrubs/small trees (5), Big trees (8), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (8), Bare soil
or sand (0), Grasses (6), Woody shrubs/small trees (5), Big trees
(0), Lawn (7)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Gentle Slope
Right Bank: Gentle
Slope
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Narrow banks (< 6 feet), shallow
Water (< 3 feet), Banks (<3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs
Human Impact:
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Algae matted on rocks
Conditions in your stream: No unusual color
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 4
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (0), Silt (0), Sand (0), Gravel (0), Cobbles (3), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
26
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 49%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 0 JTU
Total Coliforms: x
Biological Oxygen Demand: x ppm
Stream Flow: x m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: grilled
snails, stonefly nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: crayfish, sowbug
Tolerant Species: midge larvae, pouch snails, blackfly larvae
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: #
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
11
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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